Ga. Navy contractor sentenced in $18M kickback scheme

Dec. 4, 2013 - 01:22PM
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In this Feb. 15, 2011 file photo, Anjan Dutta-Gupta, founder and former president of Advanced Solutions for Tomorrow, based in Georgia, exits U.S. District Court in Providence, R.I. Dutta-Gupta is scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday in a federal court in Providence for his part in a long-running kickback scheme that cost the Navy $18 million. (Stew Milne / AP file)

He founded Advanced Solutions for Tomorrow, which had offices in Middletown, R.I.

Dutta-Gupta is one of six people convicted in the scheme, pleading guilty to bribery in 2011. Prosecutors say he cooperated with their investigation into others, including civilian Navy employee Ralph Mariano, the scheme’s mastermind. Mariano started a 10-year prison term last week.

Dutta-Gupta acknowledged he funneled millions to Mariano and others after Mariano added money to the company’s naval contracts.